This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for limiting handoffs in cellular networks. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a quantity of handoffs that are performed between two or more radio access technologies (RATs) during a time period. The UE may determine whether the quantity of handoffs exceeds a handoff threshold within the time period. The UE may reduce a rate of handoffs when the UE determines that the quantity of handoffs exceeds the handoff threshold within the time period. The UE also may select one of the RATs to camp on and maintain the wireless connection when the UE determines that the quantity of handoffs exceeds the handoff threshold. The UE may determine which RAT to camp on based on handoff count information, handoff total connection time information, or contextual awareness information.
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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of RATs include two or more of a first RAT, a second RAT, and a third RAT, the first RAT being a 5G New Radio (NR) RAT, a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) RAT, or a 3G RAT, the second RAT being a 5G NR RAT, an LTE RAT, or a 3G RAT, and the third RAT being a wireless local area network (WLAN) RAT.
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